San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-01


The Buti.uDcs atm 81 tD his feet. and tbsr
LETT rs they ia turn wcrs messed b,cl
Thereon lie dasHcI out of the circIs and
dragged me into q.
As for the i.ht that foIIovaI ,vbo o,,,
describe Il" A-.,lu and again iI,. uult,tu,Irs
SurEed up HgIll,j .ur nlrnr.ut ,rtI, L....,i,,,,
circlr,and agamau iagrp we rtt tb.r, hal
The siuhnnrn sr.urr,,,,,,, .st,I. ,,, -,
THE dnIk, impcurtr rhlr wuoI.
Each ST. ppiug whore hls oumrndo stood
Tho instant that he fclI,"
as the "luguldsby Lcgendg, hnoutifuIIv
| puts IT,
1t was a splendid thing IA a., tl,os, hr,,,o,
battaliOns come on time after tirnn nv.y tho
barriers of their dead snn,tirn,s hoI,ii,,',
cOrpSeS before them I, rrr,,v. ,,,r -,
TRUSTS, only to leave tbeir avn ,,.r,,.a, .,
swell the riSlns piles. Ii was a gallant s,yht
10 see that sturdy old warrior, InfadOos. as
cool as though he were ON norade sbouti,,
out orders. Glunts. and even tests IN kaen mn
the spirit of his few REMAINING man ami
then, as each charge rolled I'M stenDiug for
ward 10 wherever the lighting was tbirkest
10 bear his share in rpprIling il. And vet
more gallant was the vision Of Sir Henry,
whose ostrich plumrs hat been shorn off by
a spear stroke, so that his long yellow hair
strramed out in the breeze behind him.
There le stood, the great Dane, for he was
h"thIng else, his hands, his AK, and his ar.
NOR all red with boot and none could live
before MS stroke. Time after time l saw It
come sweeping down, as some great warrior
! 'entuf&H 10 give II battle, ana rs he struck
ne Sl"uted: 'O-hof! O'hoy' ike MS Berse-
| XII iorelatherS, ana the blow went crashing
| through Slltltl ana spear. through
| mar anu skull I'LL at last none would OF
Their own VIII come near the great white
taEati (WIZard), VINO Killed anu tailed
| not
Dut suddenly thcro rose cry OF lwaIa'
"dia' an" out Oh 'he press sprung none
o'itT tli''h 'h' SiS ultlc ohe-eScu king MN.
SELL also ariheu With oat'le-"N anu shlelu
H'"I'
| Where art thou, lncnbu thou white man,
VINO slew ScrdSSa my s"h--See II thou
canSt Kill mel he shouted, ana at the same
time hurled a tolla straight at Sit Henry,
who fortunately, saw IL coming ana caught
on ms shield, Whlch u tIanNhNeu, remain
ing "euseu III Tile 'i"'' Pi"'e oeii'hu lhe nue.
Then, with cry iwall sprung forward
straight at nm, ana WIN his DhItle-aX struck
MIN Such dow upon the Shlrld That the
.,Sle '"i'9 "n as Lo ,', -, 90, iioly
49,;
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loi az '''''' - '"' ,'S'
nh, P ,t,,,,,'7, ,','I, I,','I' '"o
.i"ut W am VIZ 'o'N'"S UP sd"
Wv.
10 "'o re- anu " '''o '1'' 'i'e pam was
a,i'' WIZ ''o P'''''''' VI c'"'E'"S "aiil"i7'
me- o"'. ~, Si"d"r"hS l'" come 10 our
lT'IcI. ,'T ''uic '"upo n''' nave o'eti oettei
ciio9on a., "''IH army ""'' ~ ign"sI
IA" pi'"''"u WIN" " '.'' o'oo' uNeu ul'H
8l'sn''o" WI cue ''"''S '.i"@S" M"'c" was
lag ~ ,'"''n Wv ''''''''"' vi '''c "!"yS anu
t'le WI" WIZ ,'" ing on
81 u ~ az '''' issuance VINE"
wv ''" NV ''''o' vi ou'
",my' ~ was I,t u.''' '''' no'nS wert
"Dou' " I"'' I''e'', V''l ''''' 'ru ",r"Heu Oh
.,i'l "Ii,.oa.', anu nov, p'i"'r tnT' couIu
.''' %,''I'o - P'V ,,' l'i ueltiise'
Us i'' ''i''''' i'"' -i'' i'"'uS' oh 'lieh
MAINS
IN hFe minutes Tue IaIe OF the Datt'e was
dtcluru. lahph on o"ih h'hRS, ana DIS
mayed pl t"r ava" SNh'"'"i I"hictrd upon
tIelh ph I't' n".t az "0hI h'i.N lWalas
csIiicht' Or"hc i'"' "-"I ana soon the
whole plain between us and Loo was scat
tered with groups OF tlyuE soldiers, making
good their retreat A. for the force that
had so recently surrounded us and the But.
falOes. they melteL away as though by magic.
and presently were lcfl st mdiug there like Q
rock from which the SEA llad rrtreatcd. But
what a sight il WAS! Around us the dead
and dying lay in hpaprd-up misses, and Of
the gallant Gr.nS There rem ,inrI alive but
niuetv-ivc men. More than two Thousand
nine hundred had fallen in this one regi.
ment most of them never to rise again.
MEN" said InfalooS calmly. as between
the Intervals of binrIing mn a wound i'm his
arm he SURVEYED what remained to him of
his corps, I'VE have kent I'M the reputation
of your regiment and this DAYS fighting
will be spoken Of bv YOUR childrens child.
rem" Then he turned round and shook Sir
Henry Curtis by the hand, '"Thou art a
great man. Incubu," he said, simply: 81
have lived a long life among warriors, and
know many a brave one vet have | never
seen a man like thee"
At this moment the RuffaIoes hpran tr
march past our position on the road to Loo,
and as they did so message was brought to
us from Ignosi requesting Infadoos, Sir
Henry, and myself 10 ioin him. According.
ly, orders having been issued to the remain.
ing ninety men of the Gra2 to employ them.
selves in collecting the wounded, we Joined
Ignosi, who informed us that he was pres,
sing on to Loo to complete the victory by
capturing Twaia, II that should be possible.
Before we had gone far we suddenly dis
covered the figure Of Good sitting on an ant
heap about one hundred PAGES from us.
Close beside him was the body of Kukuana.
HE must be wounded said Sir Henry,